Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES TN0048895

CONSOL MINING COMPANY, LLC FORMERLY: CONSOLIDATION COAL COMPANY, Clairfield, TN: NPDES TN0048895 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

EffectivePermit status
MinorDischarger class
8Pollutants under a numeric limit
0Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
0Inspections on file
0Formal enforcement actions

CONSOL MINING COMPANY, LLC FORMERLY: CONSOLIDATION COAL COMPANY, held by CONSOL MINING COMPANY LLC, holds NPDES permit TN0048895, which discharges to Tackett Creek, Spruce Lick Creek. EPA’s file records it issued August 14, 2015 and expiring December 2, 2019.

CONSOL MINING COMPANY, LLC FORMERLY: CONSOLIDATION COAL COMPANY, Clairfield, Tennessee: Individual permit TN0048895, held by CONSOL MINING COMPANY LLC; Effective; issued August 14, 2015, term to December 2, 2019; discharges to TACKETT CREEK, SPRUCE LICK CREEK.

pH: 2 limits, 384 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant: 2 limits, 384 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, total suspended: 2 limits, 288 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Iron, total [as Fe]: 2 limits, 288 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Manganese, total [as Mn]: 2 limits, 192 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Solids, settleable: 1 limit, 192 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]: 0 limits, 96 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Hydrogen sulfide: 0 limits, 48 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Specific conductance: 2 limits, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.
Sulfate, total [as SO4]: 1 limit, 0 violations of any kind, 0 effluent exceedances.

CONSOL MINING COMPANY, LLC FORMERLY: CONSOLIDATION COAL COMPANY among its neighbors

EPA’s permit file holds 7 discharge permits in the Tackett Creek subwatershed (HUC 051301010602), TN0048895 among them. Its county holds 88, 0 of them major permits; TN0048895 is a minor permit.

Other permits in the Tackett Creek subwatershed (HUC 051301010602)

APPOLO FUELS, INC., Clairfield: TN0079727, minor permit, discharging to UN TRIBS TO SPRUCE LICK, VALLEY, ST, permit term to February 9, 2019
BEN'S BRANCH MINE, Clairfield: TN0079286, minor permit, discharging to TACKETT CREEK, permit term to April 30, 2023
DOUBLE MOUNTAIN MINNG OPERATIONS, LLC-BUCKEYE SPRINGS SURFACE MINE 2, Clairfield: TN0079634, minor permit, permit term to September 5, 2022
KOPPER GLO MINING LLC - DOUBLE MOUNTAIN MINE, Clairfield: TN0069337, minor permit, discharging to Cumberland-Upper-Clear Fork, permit term to July 20, 2020
KOPPER GLO MINING LLCTACKETT CR. SURFACE MINE NO. 1, Marion: TN0079430, minor permit, permit term to February 10, 2019
WHITE OAK SURFACE MINE, Duff: TN0069167, minor permit, permit term to November 6, 2019

Identity

Facility as filed	CONSOL MINING COMPANY, LLC FORMERLY: CONSOLIDATION COAL COMPANY
Permittee as filed	CONSOL MINING COMPANY LLC
NPDES ID	TN0048895
Permit status	Effective
Permit type	Individual permit
Discharger class	Minor discharger
Facility type	Not a publicly owned treatment works
Issued	August 14, 2015
Expiration date	December 2, 2019
Address	Clairfield, TN 37715
Receiving water	TACKETT CREEK, SPRUCE LICK CREEK
Receiving water impaired	303(D) Listed
Subwatershed	Tackett Creek (HUC 051301010602)
SIC	1221 – Bituminous Coal And Lignite - Surface

Effluent limits and exceedances

10Pollutants on file
8Under a numeric limit
8With a violation of any kind
0With an effluent exceedance

An effluent exceedance is a discharge monitoring report value over the permit’s numeric limit (EPA’s violation code E90). A violation of any kind also counts a report not filed. Each row is EPA’s own count for that pollutant.

Pollutant or measure	Limits	Violations, any kind
pH	2	384
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant	2	384
Solids, total suspended	2	288
Iron, total [as Fe]	2	288
Manganese, total [as Mn]	2	192
Solids, settleable	1	192
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]	0	96
Hydrogen sulfide	0	48
Specific conductance	2	0
Sulfate, total [as SO4]	1	0

EPA’s effluent violation file records no exceedance of a numeric limit for NPDES TN0048895.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

0Single-event violations

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES TN0048895.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES TN0048895.

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES TN0048895.

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This public-records page covers Clean Water Act NPDES permit TN0048895, held by CONSOL MINING COMPANY LLC for the facility listed as CONSOL MINING COMPANY, LLC FORMERLY: CONSOLIDATION COAL COMPANY in Clairfield, TN 37715. The permit is shown as Effective and as a Minor discharger, issued August 14, 2015 and expiring December 2, 2019, with a receiving water of TACKETT CREEK, SPRUCE LICK CREEK. The page lists 0 pollutants under a numeric limit and 0 pollutants with an effluent exceedance.